Royal yacht

A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often manned by personnel from the navy and used by the monarch and his/her family on both private and official travels.

Types of vessels used

Some royal yachts have been/are small vessels only used for short trips on rivers or in calm waters, but others have been/are large seaworthy ships.

History

Depending on how the term is defined royal yachts date back to the days of antiquity with royal barges on the Nile in ancient Egypt.

Later the Vikings produced royal vessels. They followed the pattern of longships although highly decorated and fitted with purple sails (purple sails remained standard for royal vessels the next 400 years).

In England, Henry V sold off the royal yachts to clear the Crown's debts. The next royal vessels in England were built in the Tudor period with Henry VIII using a vessel in 1520 that was depicted as having cloth of gold sails.James I had the Disdain, a ship in miniature (she was later recorded as being able to carry about 30 tons), built for his son Prince Henry. The Disdain was significant in that she allowed for pleasure cruising and as a result can be seen as an early move away from royal ships as warships.

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Belfast Telegraph 18 Sep 2018

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Strong And Stable: Theresa May Gatecrashes Wedding Ceremony

Huffington Post 18 Sep 2018

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Theresa May gatecrashes wedding and jokes she’s ‘not really dressed for the occasion’

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A world of one's own: Robert Hardman tells his behind-the-scenes stories from a stunning new documentary on the Queen’s personal mission to fulfil her father’s Commonwealth dream

This is Money 15 Sep 2018

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Meghan opens up about wedding day in new documentary

Belfast Telegraph 15 Sep 2018

In the series the Princess Royal is interviewed about her first trip on the Royal Yacht Britannia in the 1950s, when she and the Prince of Wales, both young children, were put to work “scrubbing and polishing” ... Filmed over more than a year the documentary makers were given access to private home movies and the programme shows the role played by the Royal Yacht Britannia in the Queen’s early tours of the Commonwealth....

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Prince Harry admits he ‘panics’ at sight of the Queen in Buckingham Palace

Metro UK 15 Sep 2018

It will examine the head of state’s role as a global figure and the baton she is passing on to younger members of the Royal Family, as they continue to strengthen ties with the family of nations ... Filmed over more than a year the documentary makers were given access to private home movies and the programme shows the role played by the Royal Yacht Britannia in the Queen’s early tours of the Commonwealth....

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"He transformed the way we do business and he changed the way we shop ... He joined the Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Bangor, Co Down, first challenging for the trophy in 1899 aboard his ship Shamrock, returning to challenge in 1902 and 1903 but failing to win the famous competition. Sir Thomas later volunteered his yacht Éireann to be used as a hospital ship during the Great War, stocking it with medical supplies, nurses and orderlies ... ....

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This is Money 09 Sep 2018

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